Crista-Anne has been struggling to orgasm since she started taking anti-depresssants, but an online community is providing all the support she needs

Sex-blogger Crista Anne has got a problem. She can't orgasm from masturbation anymore because of the new antidepressants she's started taking. Rubbish.

Admitting to being a "professional oversharer", Crista Anne decided not to suffer in silence. So she took to Twitter, and coined the hashtag #OrgasmQuest, creating a community of support with which she shared her journey back to orgasm.

In an article for XOJane, Crista Anne states that she "came out of the womb depressed" and "also came out of the womb with my hand on my clit".

But it's more than just sexual pleasure for Crista Anne, who used to count on masturbation to help her with her depression - and she even goes so far as to call her masturbation sessions a "life hack".

"From the start of my life, I used the positive, pleasurable sensations that came from masturbation as a way to combat my depression. Not cure, but combat. I used masturbation to feel something other than the darkness and loathing.

"As I went through puberty I began to have chronic migraines. Quickly I learned that I could stave off the worst of a migraine with caffeine and an orgasm. Masturbatory orgasms became my life hack more than something sexual. They were one of my most dependable tools for surviving life."

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She uses her masturbation-induced orgasms to ease pain in all senses of the word, even during the birth of her youngest child, as her contractions worsened.

She's being helped along with her quest by various sex-toy companies - here's how it's going:

Because the internet is the internet, Crista Anne has obviously been trolled a crapload, with people critical that her open approach to her sexual pleasure is inappropriate, given that she is a mother of four children who will likely come across this information about her some day. But using her optimism to see the positive side, Crista Anne is just thankful for the awareness this is raising about the repercussions of depression, and the support she has received.

Thank you. Thank each and every one of you who has reached out to me. You cannot imagine how much your trust meanst to me.